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The 'off the shelf' unit cost is more like £3.5k at the moment. Ideally you would repair rather than replace though.

Boston Metal Celebrates Historic Commissioning Run of MOE Green Steel Cell - Boston Metal This multi-inert anode industrial cell de-risks our platform technology and validates scalability to achieve commercial production.

Or strategically be the first to licence Molten Oxide Electrolysis for direct electric primary steelmaking and impose a carbon border adjustment in steel... www.bostonmetal.com/news/boston-...

Boston Metal Celebrates Historic Commissioning Run of MOE Green Steel Cell - Boston Metal This multi-inert anode industrial cell de-risks our platform technology and validates scalability to achieve commercial production.

Or a switch to primary steelmaking via Molten Oxide Electrolysis www.bostonmetal.com/news/boston-...

Have you requested a correction yet?

To be fair, they do acknowledge: “Aardvark would not have been possible without decades of physical-model development by the community, and we are particularly indebted to ECMWF for their ERA5 dataset which is essential for training Aardvark,” said Turner.

Sure, but neither would a gas boiler, and the units themselves are not too dissimilar in cost. What we are really talking about is the initial extra outlay.

Indeed, if we assume that the heat pump is being installed when a gas boiler needed replacing anyway, then this is actually less than £10k.

£10k over 30 years is ~£330/yr, which coincidentally is almost exactly the same as the non- wholesale or policy costs in an average gas bill (distribution + operating + other = £331).

Maybe the up-front costs for an individual household could be spread out as a standing charge?

Sixth Carbon Budget - Climate Change Committee The Sixth Carbon Budget, provides ministers with advice on the volume of greenhouse gases the UK can emit during the period 2033-2037.

Link: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

From the 6th carbon budget: HGVs only account for 17% of surface transport emissions, so electrifying cars is the bulk of demand.

Not to say that there isn't a cost though, or that shifting freight to rail wouldn't have multiple benefits.

The UK’s £200 billion plan for carbon-free power by 2030 - Zero The UK government has pledged to achieve 95% clean power by 2030. It's an ambitious, tough goal – and even tougher to accomplish while reducing energy prices. Chris Stark, head of the nation’s Mission...

It's not like there hasn't been a lot of planning for it though. Maybe have a listen to @chrisstark.bsky.social taking about it here, or read one of the latest NESO reports.

What was your octopus quote?

Many countries have decoupled economic growth from CO2 emissions, even if we take offshored production into account It is possible to reduce emissions while growing the economy. But this decoupling needs to happen faster.

More importantly though, many countries have now decoupled growth and emissions, even taking into account offshoring.

Aside from the lack of acknowledgement of the indigenous people, I am very much a fan of xlinks.

Tekna - Wikipedia

Xlinks may be energy colonialism, but by Morocco, not the UK.

While not technically in the disputed territory of Western Sahara ('Africa's last colony'), the project would be located in the Tekna region, home to the native Sahrawi.

Morocco would implicitly gain the UK's backing to ownership.

There are in fact no fines for manufactures failing to sell EVs, only for selling more than their fair share of ICE vehicles.

Ideally finance would step in so that everyone could reach #topofthescops levels, but it's worth leaving the door open for a mass-market low cost low disruption solution, that nevertheless achieves running costs comparable to gas through time of use tariffs (the octopus solution).

A good article, but there is #nopannacotta. Even with installers who know what they're doing there's always a tradeoff - achieving higher COPs means larger emitters > changing more radiators > higher up-front cost.

Adding to the recommendations: cleaning up - @mliebreich.bsky.social and Bryony Worthington speak to interesting climate leaders (great ones in the archives), zero with @akshatrathi.bsky.social, redefining energy (investor angle), fully charged with @bobbyllew.bsky.social (more consumer focused).

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023 The levelised cost of electricity produced from most forms of renewable power continued to fall year-on-year in 2023, with solar PV leading the cost reductions, followed by offshore wind.

Highlight from IRENA's Cost of Electricity Report

– Solar cost went down 12% from 2022, hydro and offshore wind by 7% and onshore by 3%.
– After a small rise last year, battery prices have come down again due to oversupply and material cost

www.irena.org/Publications...

Our report on cascading tipping points in the green transition is out now!

We investigated how a transition in one sector, helps (or hinders) the transition in other sectors.

global-tipping-points.org/wp-content/u...

Would be helpful to make the comparison using a fitted curve or annual averages to smooth out France's seasonality. Nice comparison though!

From the shape of the curves it looks like the difference of the first time point from itself (which would be zero) hasn't been plotted, so the curves start from the next point.

Scientists meeting for the PeatMothership 1.5 progress meeting and workshops

PIs and project partners from many EU countries meeting online today for the 1.5 year UKRI @peatmothership.bsky.social progress meeting and workshops. Really encouraging to see how peatland science is progressing. #PeatlandScience #Peat #Peat&BSky